Land-roller



(No Model.)

EJW. FARR.

LAND ROLLER.

No. 495,933. Patented Apr. 18 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELI W. FARR, OF CEDAR SPRINGS, MICHIGAN.

LAN D-ROLLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 495,933, dated April18, 1893. Application filed June 8, 1892. Serial No. 435.336. (Nomodel.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELI W. FARR, of Cedar Springs, in the county of Kentand State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement inLand-Rollers, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to an improvement in land rollers, and has for itsobject to construct a roller, simple and durable, and capable of beingworked as readily and efficiently upon uneven as upon even ground.

A further object of the invention is to provide a land roller which willcomprise a series of rolls independently mounted upona frame,-

and further to provide a means whereby the rolls may be rendered capableof vertical movement at their ends, or whereby the rolls may be sofastened to the frame that it will be to all intents and purposesstraight.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fullyset forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a partofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved roller. Fig. 2 is a planview thereof; and

Fig. 3 is a front elevation, the tongue being in section, the sectionbeing taken practically on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and in Fig. 3 one ofthe rollers is illustrated in an inclined position.

In carrying out the invention the machine is constructed in twosections, a front section A and a rear section B, the rear section beingmade of greater length than the forward section. The frame of the rearsection consists of a horizontal beam 10, to the upper central portionof which a platform 11, is secured, the forward end of the platform 10being provided with a latch 12, ordinarily'shaped somewhat as an eye, asshown in Fig. 2.

The frame of the front section A, comprises a beam 13, which when thetwo sections are placed together is substantially parallel with the beam10 of the rear section and the two sections are connected by the latch12 of the platform being detachably or removably engaged by akeeper 14,secured upon the upper central portion of the forward section. Theforward section has also attached to it a tongue 15, of any approvedtype, which carries either a single, or a double-tree 16.

The beams 10 and 13 of the two sections are adapted to carry a number ofrollers O, a greater number of rollers being connected with the rearsection than the forward section. In the drawings the rear section isillustrated as being provided with three rollers, while the frontsection contains but two; and the arrangement of the forward rollerswith respect to the rear rollers is such that the forward rollers breakjoints with the rear rollers. Each roller is independently connectedwith the frame to which it belongs, and this independent connection iseffected through the medium of short, horizontally located body bars orbeams 17, which are pivoted upon the beams 10 and 13 of the sections ofthe frame. Each body bar or beam 17, is provided at its ends withdownwardly and rearwardly extending brackets 18, and in these bracketsthe trunnions of the rollers are journaled.

It will be readily observed that as the rollers are pivotally connectedwith the frame of the machine, and as the two sections of the machineare pivotally connected also, as the machine is drawn over uneven groundthe rollers will accommodate themselves to the undulations in the groundand yet do effective work, as each roller is capable of independentmovement, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3; and by reason of thepivotal connection between the sections of the machine the latter maybemade to more readily turn corners than machines of the old type. Again,the two sections of the machine may be coupled together or uncoupled ina convenient and expeditious manner, and the machine, by the uncouplingof its sections, may be stored in a space much shorter than the oldforms of land roller require.

Each and every part of the machine is not only durable but is simple,and the entire machine may be economically constructed. The drivers seat19, is usually placed upon the platform 11,,near the rear portionthereof. If it is desired to hold the rollers rigidly in a horizontalposition this may easily be eifected through the medium of pins 20, thesaid pins being passed through apertures produced ,in the beams 10 and13 of the frame, and into aligning apertures made in the pivoted bodybars of the rollers. By this means the rollers are all compelled totravel in a substantially horizontal position, and none of the rollerswill yield.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A land roller, compising two horizontal beams, aplatform secured to one beam and pivotally and detachably connected withthe other beam,a seat carried by the platform body bars pivoted to therear faces of the beams and provided at their ends with rearwardly anddownwardly extending brackets and rollers journaled in the saidbrackets, substantially as described.

2. A land roller comprising front and rear horizontal beams of unequallength, the rear beam being the longer, aplatform having one end securedto the rear beam and its other end pivotally and detachably connectedwith the front beam, body bars pivoted to the rear faces of the saidbeams and provided with downwardly and rearwardly extending brackets,rollers journaled in said brackets, and means for locking the body barsin a horizontal position, substantially as described.

3. The herein described land roller consisting of the beams 10 and 13,the platform 11 secured to the beam 10 and provided with the latch 12,the keeper 14 secured to the beam 13 and with which the latch engages,the body bars 17 pivoted to the rear faces of the beams 10 and 13, andprovided with the brackets 18, the roller 0 journaled in the brackets,and the pins 20 passing through the beams 10 and 13 into apertures inthe body bars, as specified. 4o

ELI W. FARR. Witnesses:

FRANK L. FULLER, O. H. PEOK.

